This Day in Baseball History: August 19, 1968 - Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 - 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the seventh time this season the Phils' slugger has K'ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.

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This Day in Baseball History: August 18, 1940 - Henry McHenry, Poppa Ruiz and Ray Brownof the East team up on the second shutout in East-West Game history, blanking the West, 11 - 0, in the 1940 East-West Game. Buck Leonard reaches base five times for the winners.

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This Day in Baseball History: August 16, 1999 - The Indians obtain 2B Carlos Baerga from the Padres in exchange for a player to be named later.

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This Day in Baseball History: August 15, 2024 - Rookie Weston Wilson achieves the tenth cycle in franchise history in leading the Phillies to a 13 - 3 win over the Nationals.

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This Day in Baseball History: August 14, 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A’s beat the Indians, 11 - 5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle this year.

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